Bongo may refer to:

Entertainment

* ''Bongo'' (Australian TV series), on air from August to November 1960 * Bongo Comics, a comic book publishing company * Bongo (''Dragon Ball'') or Krillin, a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media * ''Bongo'' (Indian TV series), an Indian television drama for children 2004 * Bongo, a character in the Matt Groening comic strip '' Life in Hell'' * Bongo, a dog who played drums in the ITV children's series '' Animal Kwackers'' *

Bongo Submarine The following is a list of fictional ''Star Wars'' terrestrial vehicles, including armoured fighting vehicles, military aircraft, and naval ships. Vehicles appearing in the Original Trilogy All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) The ...

, a fictional vehicle in the film ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' * Bongo, the cartoon ape bouncer from the 1988 film, '' Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' * " Little Bear Bongo", a 1930 short story for children by Sinclair Lewis ** Bongo, a segment of the 1947 Disney film '' Fun and Fancy Free'', adapted from the Lewis story

Music

Bongo drum Bongos ( es, bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes. They are struck with both hands, most commonly in an eight-stroke pattern called ''martillo'' (hammer). The ...

, a percussion instrument made up of two small drums attached to each other * The Bongos, an America pop music band * Music Man Bongo, a model of bass guitar * "Bongos" (song), a 2023 song by Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion

Places

* Bongo Country, the name of several places in Africa *

Bongo District Bongo District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988; which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1446. The municipality is located in the central part o ...

, a district in the Upper East Region of Ghana **

Bongo, Ghana Bongo is a small town and is the capital of Bongo district, a district in the Upper East Region of north Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a ...

, a town, capital of Bongo District **

Bongo (Ghana parliament constituency) Bongo is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Bongo is located in the Bongo district of the Upper East Region of Ghana. Boundar ...

, in Bongo District *

Bongo Gewog Bongo Gewog (Dzongkha Dzongkha (; ) is a Sino-Tibetan language that is the official and national language of Bhutan. It is written using the Tibetan script. The word means "the language of the fortress", from ' "fortress" and ' "language". , ...

, a village in Chukha District, Bhutan *

Bongo, Ivory Coast Bongo is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Grand-Bassam Department in Sud-Comoé Region, Comoé District Comoé District (french: District du Comoé) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The di ...

, a sub-prefecture and commune * , Sulu Archipelago, Philippines *

Bongo Massif The Bongo Massif (french: massif des Bongo), also known as the Tondou Massif, is a mountain range in north-eastern Central African Republic, near the Sudan border. The source of Bahr al-Arab Bahr al-Arab ( ar, بحر العرب; also called the ...

, a mountain range in north-eastern Central African Republic * Bôngo, alternative name for Bengal (eastern India and Bangladesh) * Mbongo, Angola, a town in Huambo Province, Angola, often called Bongo * El Bongo, Panama

Transportation

* Bongo (canoe), typically found in the Hispanic Caribbean regions * Kia Bongo, an automobile * Mazda Bongo, a van *

Gin Bongo The Gin Bongo is a South Korean two-place paraglider that was designed by Gin Seok Song and produced by Gin Gliders of Yongin. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page ...

, a South Korean paraglider design * LNER Thompson Class B1, known as 'Bongos' or 'Antelope'

People

* Bongo people (Gabon), a forest people * Bongo people (South Sudan), an ethnic group in Sudan

Names

Bongo (name) Bongo is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Ali Bongo (magician) (1929–2009), British comedy magician * Ali Bongo Ondimba (born 1959), president of Gabon from 2009 to 2023 and son of Omar Bongo * Amba Bongo, writer and advocate * ...

, a list of people with the surname * Bongo Herman (born 1941), Jamaican percussionist and singer Herman Davis, active in the early 1960s * Bongo Joe Coleman (1923–1999), American street musician * Sketchy Bongo (born 1989), South African record producer, DJ, and songwriter * Steady Bongo (born 1966), Sierra Leonean musician and record producer *

Bongo (Numan Athletics) is a 1993 competitive sports arcade game developed and released by Namco. It runs on the company's NA-2 hardware, and has eight unusual competitions to test the strength and might of four mutant athletes called "Numans" (Sharon L'Alles, Harry Bo ...

, video game character

Other uses

* Bongo (antelope), a species of forest antelope from Africa * '' Cavanillesia platanifolia'', a tree also known as bongo *

Bongo language Bongo (Bungu), also known as ''Dor'', is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan. A 2013 survey reported that ethnic Bongo reside in Bussere Boma, Bagari Payam, Wau ...

, the language of the Bongo people of Sudan *

Bongo (software) Hula was an open source mail and calendar project based on open standards announced on February 15, 2005, by Novell. History Hula was an open-source effort sponsored by Novell and developed by Dave Camp and Joe Gasiorek, amongst others. H ...

, an open source mail and calendar project * DK Bongos, a video game controller * Bongo Jeans/Bongo Apparel, a clothing brand that was acquired by the Iconix Brand Group in 1998 *

Operation Bongo II The Oklahoma City sonic boom tests, also known as Operation Bongo II, refer to a controversial experiment, organized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in which 1,253 sonic booms were generated over Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, over a p ...

, 1964 Oklahoma City sonic boom tests